Parents push for state to protect students' records

1:05 AM,
Mar. 20, 2014

Written by

Mike Hasten
mhasten@gannett.com

Parents concerned about their children's records falling into the wrong hands pushed state lawmakers Wednesday to approve laws clamping down on what can be revealed and who can see that data.

The argument evolved after it was first reported in The News-Star that Superintendent of Education John White sent to an admittedly unsecure data storage facility information containing names, ages, addresses and Social Security numbers, which the state Department of Education uses as student identification numbers.

House and Senate education committees debated different bills seeking to set ...